{"id":2457449,"date":"2020-04-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=324646"},"modified":"2020-04-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T06:00:00","slug":"judson-haims-blood-donations-may-help-in-the-covid-19-cure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/judson-haims-blood-donations-may-help-in-the-covid-19-cure\/","title":{"rendered":"Judson Haims: Blood donations may help in the COVID-19 cure"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Currently, there is no cure for COVID-19, and although there are some drugs getting much attention (Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin), none are proven and more research is needed.<\/p>\n

However, there is a tried and tested therapy that may lead to an effective cure: plasma therapy. This therapy uses antibodies acquired from the blood of people who have already fully recovered from COVID-19. Once the antibodies are collected, researchers believe the antibodies can be infused into patients who are ill and thus assist in neutralizing infections.<\/p>\n

Plasma therapy has been used to treat several diseases. Before vaccines were made available to treat measles, mumps, polio and the 1918 flu pandemic, this therapy was used. More recently, plasma therapy has been used in an attempt to cure MERS, SARS, and H1N1.<\/p>\n

At Shenzen Third People\u2019s Hospital in China, plasma therapy has proven to be effective in decreasing the viral loads of COVID-19. The viral loads that occur with COVID-19 can happen rapidly \u2014 this is known as a Cytokine storm.<\/p>\n

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